By Gregg Keizer – A panel of leading security experts Wednesday blasted Microsoft for vulnerabilities in its software, and warned that reliance on the Redmond, Wash.-based developer’s software is a danger to both enterprises and national security.
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W3C Investigation Begins on HTML Standard
By Matt Hicks – The ramifications of the recent Web browser patent verdict against Microsoft could strike at the heart of the Web’s common language–HTML.
High Availability Solutions
By Michael Hotek – SQL Server 2000 provides three technologies that you can use to build highly available systems. But availability is more than technology. This article can help you put all the pieces together.(R, $)
Banking on the Grid
By Jeffrey Burt – IBM on Wednesday is expanding its grid computing offerings to the financial services industry through partnerships with SAS Institute and DataSynapse Inc.<br><br>IBM is incorporating SAS business intelligence software into its IBM Grid Offering for Analytics Acceleration, which is
Required Reading from the DBA’s Bookshelf
To be a successful DBA, you must have an inquisitive mind and a desire to learn. Much of the DBA’s knowledge will be self-taught, especially in these days of austere budgets and cost cutting. One of the most cost-effective ways to learn something new is by reading. Fortunately, there is no shortage
HTTPS for Implementing Web Services Security
by Jim Clune – Give detailed attention to the server and client configurations for successful deployment of Web services with transport-layer security.
Extreme XML: Revamping the RSS Bandit Application
Dare Obasanjo revisits his RSS Bandit C# application and improves on its previous design by using various XML features of the .NET Framework to build a rich .NET client application.
Putting a Stop to Database Piracy
(Lisa Vaas) The latest battle in the war against database piracy took place on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, as the Coalition Against Database Piracy testified before a joint House Judiciary and Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on draft legislation to protect against database thievery.
EMC Airs Management Software for SMBs
By Clint Boulton – EMC VisualSRM and EMC VisualSAN Easy improve capacity utilization in addition to making management hands-free by automating tasks, a function that many software makers have been writing into their code to free systems administrators from the chores of manual operation.Spec
Oracle’s Richard Sarwal talks servers
Richard Sarwal’s mission is simple: make Oracle the best performing database and the easiest to use. On the eve of Oracle’s latest database release, he explains the vision.